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COLLEGES: Baseball: A five-run seventh inning propelled Virginia Tech (15-12, 6-4 ACC) past No. 13 Florida State 8-3 in a series opener in Tallahassee. Sean Keselica (4-1) pitched seven innings for the win, and Erik Payne drove in three runs. ... Host Middle Tennessee State (14-10, 6-1 Conference USA) beat Old Dominion 7-2 in a series opener, dropping the Monarchs to 13-9, 3-4. ODU took the lead in the third inning when Taylor Ostrich's RBI groundout brought home Nick Walker. But MTSU scored three runs in the third with the help of an RBI triple by Ronnie Jebavy and RBI single from Jared Allen. In the ODU fifth, Walker drew a walk with two outs, then stole second, third...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Less than 20 minutes after Virginia's 59-57 loss at Louisville on Saturday, Malcolm Brogdon had mentally pressed the delete button on the regular season. He was ready to focus on the postseason.
It was an approach that worked last...

Part of the reason Randolph-Macon had ascended to the nation's top ranking in Division III was its three consecutive victories against Virginia Wesleyan.
But when it mattered most, the Marlins upended the Yellow Jackets -- on R-MC's home court in...

COLLEGES:
Baseball:
Virginia Tech literally walked off with a 2-1 surprise over No. 1 Virginia to start an Atlantic Coast Conference series in Blacksburg.
In Friday's ninth inning, the Hokies (8-9, 2-2) loaded the bases with no outs.
Brendon Hayden,...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Virginia led Florida State by 17 points at halftime of Thursday’s early ACC tournament quarterfinal. The Cavaliers had doubled up the Seminoles on the scoreboard and the backboards and were shooting like Tony Bennett in his prime.
This...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Virginia on Sunday will receive its third NCAA basketball tournament bid in the last four years, and with only one scholarship senior and many reinforcements en route, Tony Bennett appears poised to establish his program as a March...

Virginia Tech just concluded its second stretch of three consecutive ACC road games, a burden no other league team has shouldered this basketball season. This week figures to be more taxing.
For only the second time in program history, the Hokies face...

RALEIGH, N.C. — For a fleeting few moments Saturday night, Virginia Tech seemed poised to at least make a run at snapping its long road skid, but North Carolina State put a stop to those aspirations with one hot shooting stretch.
Tech suffered its 18th...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - As unlikely heroes go, Louisville’s Mangok Mathiang ranks pretty high on the list. His own coach referred to him as the “64th option” for a game-winning shot attempt Saturday night against No. 2 Virginia.
After Mathiang’s 17-foot jumper...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The NCAA classifies 351 college basketball teams as Division I, and what follows is the complete list of those that lost fewer games this regular season than Virginia.
Kentucky.
And really, the 31-0 and top-ranked Wildcats are more NBA...

WOMEN:
ACC first round:
Hannah Young sank a corner jumper with 1 second left, giving Virginia Tech a 57-56 victory over N.C. State in Wednesday's Atlantic Coast Conference tournament first round at Greensboro Coliseum.
It was the Hokies’ first-ever win...

Another Pinder is making an immediate impact for an ACC baseball school. Chase Pinder signaled his arrival as a force at Clemson University by hitting .400 (8-for-20) in a recent six-game span.
That included a 2-for-4 outing highlighted by a two-run...

CLEMSON, S.C. — Once Jordan Roper quit thinking, his game flourished. And it couldn’t come at a better time for Clemson.
Roper had 21 points, including five 3-pointers, to lead the Tigers to a 75-54 victory over Virginia Tech on Saturday at Littlejohn...